Police are seeking a 1st Degree Murder charge against a man they say murdered and robbed a 29-year-old New Orleanian at a meetup to sell a 2,800 dollar dirt bike. Matt Doyle has the story.
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A sit-in of about 100 students formed this morning outside of LSU’s Football Operations Building. Brooke Thorington has more.
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The attorney for former LSU football coach Les Miles calls Kansas’s decision to place Miles on administrative leave unfair. K-U made this move after reports that Miles acted inappropriately with female student workers while at LSU. Legal analyst Tim Meche says Miles’ attorney is upset because a Husch Blackwell investigation never spoke with Miles or other key witnesses
Attorney Peter Ginsberg says when LSU investigated Miles in 2013 they found no evidence he kissed a student worker or offered to take her to a hotel. Meche says Miles’s 3-and-18 record at Kansas is likely a factor in being placed on administrative leave…
Kansas says they want to use this time to review two reports that investigated the allegations. Meche wonders if K-U officials will use this opportunity to fire Miles…
Miles would reportedly be owed eight million dollars if he’s fired without cause.
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The pandemic has crippled the convention industry which is responsible for almost five-thousand jobs in Louisiana. Co-Chair of Meetings Mean Business Fred Dixon says the industry has been trained on how to re-open safely once the pandemic passes and most convention attendees say they’ll be there.
Dixon says a majority of those surveyed say they miss in-person professional development. Careers for example like healthcare, teachers, and attorneys are required to receive annual certified training and online classes are not always preferred.
Dixon says the survey also revealed that convention attendees are able to form better relationships and build trust in communications at in-person meetings.
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A 29-year-old New Orleans man was allegedly murdered in Jefferson Parish after meeting someone through an online marketplace app to sell his dirt bike.
JP Sheriff Joe Lopinto says they tracked down and arrested Jalen Harvey after discovering messages between him and the victim, Joseph Vindel in the app.
Vindel’s dirt bike was discovered outside of Harvey’s apartment.
Lopinto says meeting strangers online can be dangerous, but while the victim could’ve chosen a safer location like a police station parking lot or outside of a grocery…
Vindel’s body was discovered this morning.
Lopinto says since the start of last year they’ve seen two armed robberies, one simple robbery, two thefts, and now a homicide connected with these marketplace sales.
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Police are seeking a 1st Degree Murder charge against Harvey.
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About 100 students are holding a sit-in outside of LSU’s Football Operations Building calling on LSU officials to fire athletic administrators Verge Ausberry and Miriam Segar based on findings released last week in the Husch Blackwell report. The students are part of a group called Tigers Against Sexual Assault.
LSU interim president Thomas Galligan has only suspended Ausberry for 30 days and Segar for 21-days without pay.
Protesters say the suspensions of only two athletic officials after the school spent thousands on the Husch Blackwell report to investigate mishandlings of sexual assault and abuse are not enough.
One protester says she’s lost all faith in the university and she’s not alone.